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Q - a nd -A w i t h K a t e G o v e r n o r B r ow n v i s i t s H o o d R i v e r – A10 J a c k so n P a r k H i s t o r y o f a g a t h e r i n g p l a c e – B1 D I T ION M IDWEEK E V o l . 1 0 9 , No . 5 2 HOOD R IV E R , O R EGON ■ W EDN E SDA Y , JU L Y 2 2 , 2 0 1 5 O f f i c i a l N ew s p a p e r , C i t y o f H o o d R i v e r a n d H o o d R i v e r C o u n t y 7 5 cents 2 Se c t ion s , 2 4 P age s www . h o o d r i v e r n ew s . c om E ld e r l y L on g -T e rm C a r e Ombud sm an t r a in ing a f i r s t fo r th e Go rg e B y TR ISHA WA LKER N ew s s t a f f w r i t e r Gre tchen Jordan , Coord ina tor o f Vo lun teers , Oregon Long Term Care Ombud sman , ha s an oppor tu - n i ty tha t ha sn ’ t been seen be fore in Hood R iver or Wa sco coun t ie s : A vo lun teer tra in ing to be he ld in The Da l le s Aug . 12 -13 , Aug . 26 -27 and Sep t . 10 , a t a loca t ion to be an - nounced . More cr i t ica l i s tha t there are curren t ly no ombudsman vo lun - teer s in e i ther coun ty , wh ich are curren t ly be ing covered by a s ta f f ive s in Bend every member who l o ther mon th . “W e ’ve never had a tra in ing in Hood R iver or Wa sco coun t ie s be - fore ,” sa id Jordan . “W e know peo - p le don ’ t l ike to trave l to Por t land for tra in ing … so i f we can do i t in the commun i ty , peop le apprec ia te tha t .” T ra in ing w i l l inc lude an overv iew o f ru le s and regu la t ion s , how to f ind and app ly in forma t ion , the type s o f fac i l i t ie s v i s i ted , re s i - den t s ’ r igh t s , how to re so lve ca se s , how to work w i th o ther agenc ie s , i ze and repor t and how to recogn se . abu No t many have heard o f the Ore - gon Long Term Care Ombud sman program , Jordan sa id , un t i l they are in need o f the serv ice them - se lve s , or for a fr iend or fam i ly member l iv ing any l icen sed long - term care fac i l i ty . “Th i s i sn ’ t a com for tab le top ic a s mo s t peop le don ’ t wan t to addre s s ag ing i s sue s un t i l they have to — and even then they don ’ t ,” she sa id . S e e ELDERLY , Pag e A11 Coun t y adop t s o i l t r a in r e so lu t ion , app ro v e s 911 imp ro v em en t s GOAT TO FAIR!Animals of all sizes P h o t o b y B e n M i t c h e l l B y PA TR ICK MU L V IH I L L N ew s s t a f f w r i t e r The Hood R iver Coun ty Board o f Comm iss ioners s igned mu l t ip le re so lu t ion s in to ac t ion a t a regu lar mee t ing Monday n igh t — mo s t no - tab ly , one dec lared t igh ter en force - men t on o i l tra in s ro l l ing through the Gorge , and one rea l loca ted $7 ,000 to the Coun ty 911 Emergency D i spa tch rad io sy s tem , wh ich po - l ice and emergency o f f ic ia l s have -ex is ten t” in ca l led “poor to non s omearea s . The Coun ty ’ s Ju ly 20 o i l tra in re so lu t ion re semb le s a s im i lar dec - lara t ion made by the C i ty in De - cember — i t ca l l s a t ten t ion to the r i sk o f f iery dera i lmen t s o f crude o i l ra i l cars ro l l ing through the Gorge and urge s for t igh ter sa fe ty en forcemen t — however , the Coun - ty ’ s dec lara t ion doe s no t ca l l for the ou tr igh t bann ing o f o i l tra in tra f - f ic . In the ir dec lara t ion , the Coun ty urged Ore gon Gover nor Ka te Brown to encourage federa l ru le s ran spor ta t ion o f crude regarding t i l s . They reque s ted tha t the o i lby ra s ta te and federa l governmen t be more coord ina ted and prepared for po ten t ia l d i sa s ter s re su l t ing from dera i lmen t s . The mos t vehemen t prov is ion ca l l s on the s ta te to p lace the re - spon s ib i l i ty o f dera i lmen t s in the hand s o f ra i l owner s and opera - tor s . The documen t urge s the s ta te to “requ ire owner s and opera tor s tran spor t ing crude o i l by ra i l to a s - sume a l l r i sk and to be su f f ic ien t ly t the bonded and insured aga ins ri sko f ca ta s troph ic f ire and exp lo - s ion , lo s s o f l i fe and proper ty , env i - ronmen ta l de s truc t ion and damage and any o ther harm connec ted w i th a dera i lmen t or acc iden t .” a i t v i s i t o r s t h i s w e e k . Un l ike the C i ty dec lara t ion , the aw Coun ty ’ s dec lara t ion doe s no t in - c lude prov is ions regard ing coa l tra in tra f f ic . Hood R iver Coun ty Adm in i s tra - tor Dave Mer iwe ther a sked com - m i s s ioner s i f the re so lu t ion wa s su i tab le , or i f they wou ld pre fer “a more force fu l s ta temen t .” t the Comm i s s ioner s agreed tha curren t reso lu t ion wou ld convey the Coun ty ’ s concerns regard ing the r i sk o f f iery dera i lmen t s in the Gorge w i thou t be ing “ex treme .” “W e ’re no t s tand ing on the tra in S e e COUNTY , Pag e A11 Fa i r open s today Fun come s in many form s , from carn iva l r ide s to cake con te s t s , a t Hood R iver Coun ty Fa ir , Ju ly 22 -25 . New fea ture s th i s year inc lude t two go l f car t s tha t w i l l no tone bu run fa ir a t tendee s to park ing area s and barn s and d i sp lay area s , and demon s tr ta ion s on Sa turday by B ig W ind s . Thur sday i s Sen ior Day , and a l so Oregon S ta te Un iver s i ty Day a t the fa ir . The 2043 th Army Band w i l l per form tha t n igh t . Turn to page A6 -7 for fu l l fa ir de - ta i l s . Fa ir book s , l is t ing every even t down the Mo re quar ter -hour , are pho to s ava i lab le a t bu s i - P a g e A 1 1 nesses through - ou t the coun ty . R ide brace le t s are ava i lab le for t i l 5 p .m . today ; the pr ice goe s $17 un f ter tha t . upto $22 a O ther fa ir h igh l igh ts inc lude head l iner s G lor iana , w i th Ben Bon - ham tr io open ing , Sa turday on the foo tba l l f ie ld s tage , and Fr iday ’ s 4 - H/FFA l ives tock auc t ion a t 4 :30 p .m . (new t ime ) . Thursday br ings ano ther new fa ir even t , the 50 -P lu s Expo , a l l a f - A t R e l a y F o r L i f e S e e FA IR , Pag e A11 Pun chbow l g r an t ed OPRD aw a rd s fund ing fo r p a r k a t f a l l s B y PA TR ICK MU L V IH I L L N ew s s t a f f w r i t e r P h o t o s b y K i r b y N e um a n n -R e a SURV IVORS AND SUPPORTERS THERE ‘TO HE LP ’ H o t w e a t h e r w a s l i t t l e d e t e r r e n t S a t u r d a y f o r t h e a l l - d a y R e l a y f o r L i f e o f t h e C o l um b i a G o r g e a t H o o d R i v e r C o u n t y F a i r g r o u n d s , a n ew l o c a t i o n f o r t h e f u n d r a i s e r f o r Am e r i c a n C a n c e r S o c i e t y . A l l e n O l i v a , 8 , o f H o o d R i v e r , a b r a i n c a n c e r s u r v i v o r , s a i d h e l i k e s R e l a y “ T o h e l p !” a n d g e t s h e l p w i t h h i s s a s h f r om a C e l i l o C a n c e r C e n t e r v o l u n t e e r . A t t o p l e f t , w a l k e r s r a i s e g l ow s t i c k s d u r i n g t h e L um i n a r i a c e r em o n y . B e l ow : w a l k e r s a p p l a u d s u r v i v o r s i n t h e o p e n i n g l a p . T h e y i n c l u d e L i b b y M o n g u e -W ym o r e o f F a i r v i ew , r i g h t , f e a t u r e d s p e a k e r , w h o s a i d t h e t r u e h e r o e s i n a n y o n e ’ s f i g h t a g a i n s t c a n c e r a r e t h e c a r e g i v e r s . C o o r - d i n a t o r V e r o n i c a M o l i n e s a i d d o n a t i o n s h a v e p a s s e d $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 a n d w i l l p r o b a b l y r e a c h $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . A b o u t 1 5 0 p e o p l e o n 2 0 t e am s p a r t i c i p a t e d . Oregon Parks and Recrea t ion D i s tr ic t ha s awarded Hood R iver Coun ty a $470 ,000 gran t to acqu ire and deve lop a park a t Punchbow l Fa l l s , a wa ter fa l l near Dee . The gran t w i l l a l low the coun ty to buy the 103 -acre proper ty a long the Hood R iver from Wes ter n R ivers Conservancy , a Por t land con serva t ion non -pro f i t , in order to S e e GRANT , Pag e A10 F ou r T o G o ‘ L ad y W a sh ing ton ’ com e s to th e Go rg e S a l e b en e f i t s M e a l s on W h e e l s C a r e C en t e r s e e k s b i rd s e ed , vo lun t e e r s C r e a t i v i t y C amp s o f f e r ed The br ig Lady Wa sh ing ton , the o f f ic ia l ta l l sh ip o f Wa sh ing ton S ta te , v i s i t s Hood R iver and The Da l le s on the fo l low ing da te s : ■ Ju ly 22 -23 : Hood R iver ■ Ju ly 25 -27 : The Da l le s Wa lk -on tour s are se l f -gu ided and ho s ted by crew in s tume s . A $3 dona t ion per per son i s apprec ia te . per iodco T icke t s for Adven ture Sa le s , Even ing s Sa le s and Ba t t le Sa i l s can be purcha sed a t www .h i s tor ica l seapor t .org or by ca l l ing 1 -800 -200 -5239 . Ear ly re serva t ion s are recom - mended . For a comp le te schedu le , v i s i t h i s tor i - ca l seapor t .org/2015 . 7 05105 97630 3 The Hood R iver V a l - ley Adu l t Cen ter ’s Thr i f t S tore i s ho ld ing a t ha l f -pr ice sa le gian Ju ly 25 from 9 a .m . to 2 p .m . A l l proceed s from the sa le w i l l bene f i t the cen ter ’s Mea ls on Whee l s program . The cen ter i s loca ted a t 2010 S ter l ing Dr ive ; for more in forma t ion , ca l l 541 -386 -2060 . The Fam i ly Counc i l a t the Hood R iver Care Cen ter ha s dec ided to d i sband , bu t i ts b ird feeder pro jec t w i l l con t inue . Ac t iv i t ie s D irec - tor Chr i s t ine Shannon w i l l accep t b ird seed dona t ion s , and vo lun teer s w i l l con t in - ue to f i l l re s iden t s ’ feeder s each Monday . For more in forma t ion on vo lun teer ing a t the care cen ter , ca l l Shannon a t 541 - 386 -2688 ex t . 4621 . New Lea f Ga l lery , on Seven th S tree t ju s t nor th o f Oak , o f fer s Crea t iv i ty Camps th is mon th for s tuden t s aged 11 -17 . Bu i ld or decora te crea t ions us ing found ob jec ts , paper sed wood . mache and repurpo Se s s ion s are Ju ly 21 -23 and Ju ly 28 -30 , 1 to 4 :30 p .m . , and co s t $60 . S u bm i t t e d p h o t o S ign up a t www .commun i ty edhr .org , or ca l l 541 -386 -2055 . NEW LEA FG a l l e r y i s a n o n - p r o f i t g a l l e r y f o u n d e d b y HRVH S s t u d e n t K e e n a n C o l l i n s .